Origin Core
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ilastromoz appeared just in time to watch Jake pass out. He crouched down and placed a finger on his Chosen’s forehead, making the hunter twitch slightly in an instinctual response, but otherwise, Jake did not move. The Viper scanned his body briefly before nodding.
He had thoroughly exhausted his own resource pools, and his soul seemed more feeble than usual. Health points were dangerously low—stamina, too—and even his mana was thoroughly drained. The core of his soul remained firm, but the outer layers showed faint cracks all over, indicating low levels of self-inflicted soul damage. Nothing that wouldn’t heal within the day, but it showed how much he had overstrained himself. Vilastromoz also felt something else was missing, but he could not quite place what, so he turn
